· Private foundation
Jay and Virginia McKie Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Jay and Virginia McKie Foundation’s FY2019 grant dollars went to The Dallas Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Jay and Virginia McKie Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $60k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE SHEA CENTER | $20,000 |
| CHICAMACOMICO BANKS FIRE DEPARTMENT | $10,000 |
| CAFE MOMENTUM | $10,000 |
| NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP | $10,000 |
| LILLIE RUSSELL MEMORIAL LIBRARY | $5,000 |
| NORTHERN NEVADA LITERACY COUNCIL | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +101% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JSJF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC2× · 2017–2018 · $41k · revenue +101%
- LRLILLIE RUSSELL MEMORIAL LIBRARY2× · 2017–2018 · $11k · revenue +16%
- NNNorthern Nevada Literacy Council2× · 2017–2018 · $11k · revenue +123%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $10k
- PBPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +29%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
Provide job driven employment and educational services that expand opportunities for young people and adults in north central massachusetts and provide employers with the competitive workforce they need to succeed.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
National center for equine facilitated training is dedicated to helping people with special needs reach beyond their boundaries through equine-assisted therapies, education, and research.
Cafe momentum pittsburgh transforms young lives by equipping the community's most at-risk youth with life skills, education and employment opportunities to help them achieve their full potential.
Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.
NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.
The bay area workforce development board, inc., consisting of selected community representatives, develops a skilled workforce by strategically allocating and coordinating resources to address community needs by working through others for…
To lead a national movement that better equips americans to manage their financial futures and, in turn, advances the economy and our nation as a whole. founded in 1951, the national foundation for credit counseling (nfcc) is the oldest…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 10 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds JF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC ↗
- Who funds LILLIE RUSSELL MEMORIAL LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds Northern Nevada Literacy Council ↗
- Who funds CHICAMACOMICO BANKS FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
- Who funds CAFE MOMENTUM ↗
- Who funds NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP ↗
- Who funds PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jay and Virginia McKie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jay and Virginia McKie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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